Cigar.



No. 788,636. PATENTED MAY 2, 19051 0. DENKER.

CIGAR.

APPLICATION FILED D30. 24, 1903.

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OSCAR DENKER, OF POTSDAM, GERMANY.

CIGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 788,636, dated May 2,1905.

Application filed December 24, 1903. Serial No. 186,440.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR DENKER, manufacturer, a subject of the King ofPrussia, German Emperor, residing at the city of Potsdam, in the Kingdomof Prussia, GermanEmpire, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cigars; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description.

The present invention relates to an improvement in the fastening of thecoveringleaf of cigars. It comprises a ring for securing thecovering-leaf of cigars. The ring is formed of tin-plate and iscompressed after its application to the covering-leaf, so that it takesthe shape of the cigar-tip. Thereby also the ring is held firm byfriction, and damage of the covering-leaf is prevented.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a view of a cigar with the ring applied, and Fig. 2 is anenlarged view of the ring.

The cigar is first rolled in the usual manner and then wrapped in acovering-leaf, so that the finished cigar does not appear diiferent fromthe usual shape. The covering-leaf,

however, is not gummed or the like, but is held fast by means of a ringon, placed upon the tip of the cigar, formed of tin-plate or othersuitable material and from three to four millime- This ring is securedupon ters in breadth.

the tip of the cigar by means of a suitable mechanism, so that it fitsclosely to the tip of the cigar, said mechanism forming creases a in thering which are pressed into the cigar.

The creased tin-plate ring is intended to be secured, according to thisinvention, upon the covering-leaf by friction alone, and when the tip ofthe cigar is cut off, as usual, it is easily released, and the cigar canbe smoked in an agreeable manner and without occasioning a loose raggedcovering-leaf. I am well aware of similar means for securing thecoveringleaf at the tip of the cigar, which consist in caps of sheetmetal held on the cigar-tip by means of hooks or projections. Thesehooks or projections, however, cause holes in the covering-leaf, whilethe same is not violated by the ring according to my invention.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A cigar having a metallic ring for securing the covering-leaf at the tipthereof, said ring having creases running transversely thereof andlongitudinally of the axis of the cigar.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

OSCAR DENKER.

Witnesses EMIL Mi' LLER, FRANZ HANNEMANN.

